Dylan and Robyn Benson before the 32-year-old pregnant wife was found unconconscious by her husband and later declared brain dead. / Courtesy Dylan Benson

by Melanie Eversley, USA TODAY

by Melanie Eversley, USA TODAY

Doctors in Canada are keeping alive a brain-dead woman until they can deliver her unborn child in four weeks.

In a case similar to one that evolved recently in Texas, Robyn Benson of Victoria, British Columbia, was declared brain-dead after her husband found her collapsed on the bathroom floor on Dec. 28.

As it turned out, Robyn Benson, 32, had suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and damage was irreparable, according to the CBC. The next day, she was declared brain-dead. She was 22 weeks pregnant at the time.

"At the hospital they discovered that my wife had a fluke random type of blood leak into the centre of her brain and that there was so much blood and damage that it is not reversible," Dylan Benson, also 32, wrote Dec. 29 in his blog, www.MisterBenson.com.

Doctors report that the baby â?? who husband Dylan Benson plans to name Iver Cohen Benson â?? is in good condition and Dylan Benson reports in his blog that Iver has a 60% to 80% chance of surviving the C-section doctors plan to perform. On Feb. 4, Dylan Benson wrote in his blog that hospital staff performed another ultrasound and matters were "looking good" for the baby and that Robyn Benson was "still holding on strong."

The case has stirred up some of the same issues that arose in the case of Marlise Munoz, 33, who was 14 weeks pregnant when her husband, Erick Munoz, found her unconscious on the kitchen floor Nov. 26. Marlise also was declared brain-dead though in that case, doctors reported that her fetus was not viable. Her family won a legal battle to remove her from life support, and she died quietly late last month after being removed from machines on Jan. 26.

In the Canada case, Dylan Benson has set up a Baby Iver Fund to help raise funds for the Robyn Benson's unborn baby. The campaign is on the YouCaring.com website and donations have surpassed the goal of $36,000. As of Thursday night, the campaign had raised $136,796.

"Any additional funds will not only go towards living costs and the costs associated with supporting Iver, but also towards us moving to a more suitable living space for the two of us, and of course towards and education fund for Iver," Benson wrote in his blog.

The case is played out in Benson's blog. Ultrasounds on Robyn Benson's body are done weekly, Dylan Benson wrote.

"On one hand I can't wait to meet my son and try to give him the best life possible and try my hardest to be a great dad for him," Dylan Benson wrote. "On the other hand I know the day or the day after he is born will be the day that I have to say goodbye to Robyn â?¦ I can't describe the feeling but it's very overwhelming."

"Thanks again for your continued support," he wrote. "We truly appreciate the help and kind words."